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William McKinley

William McKinley

1843 CE1901 CE · Washington, D.C.

William McKinley was the 25th President, serving from 1897 until his assassination in 1901, as a Republican. He led the nation through the Spanish-American War of 1898, after which the United States acquired Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. He was shot in Buffalo in September 1901 and was succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt.

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Washington, D.C.

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About Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is the area where the teacher Tara Brach founded the Insight Meditation Community of Washington in 1998, one of the larger Western vipassanā (insight meditation) communities, drawing on the Theravāda-derived insight tradition.

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